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    Promo Post: Golden Penny Noodles

    ESSENTIALS OF ADVENTURE (SERVES 4) 4 packets of Golden Penny Seafood Noodles 24 large shrimps ½ cup each of peas and sweet corn kernels 1 green pepper sliced thin 2 tablespoons curry powder 1 crumbled seasoning cube 1 tablespoon salt (to taste) 1 table spoon of sugar 1 can or 2 cups of coconut milk

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    Bush Rice

    Working in Lagos, I have experienced many caterers and I have to say the one that has caught my attention the most is the lady known as score card. I absolutely adore her barbecued chicken. The rest of the stuff could use a little character in cooking but I was amazed to see on her

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    Easter Special : Chicken and Mango Skewer

    I have been procrastinating on making this particular dish and I even tweeted about the usefulness of procrastination and people loved the tweet. “I am not a procrastinator. I wait the last second to do my work because I will be older and therefore wiser.” In this case, it is safe to say i was

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    Croaker Fish Kè Cream

    If you are following Afrolems on Facebook or Instagram which you should be *straight face* you would have seen the picture of this dish. I also tweeted about how difficult it is to season croaker and many people agreed with me. Have you ever had to cook croaker in the regular Nigerian stew? It always

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    Chicken Drumsticks with Sweet and Sour Sauce

    French Drumsticks – 9th Shade of Valentines Cooking

    I know you would say Afrolems has come again. Which one is french drumsticks? Actually its the cut of the drumsticks that makes it french. This is an easy recipe to make. Sometimes skipping carbs is the way to go this valentines season. You can balance it with some more veggies or if you absolutely

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    herbed lamb strawberry sauce afrolems

    Herbed Lamb with Strawberry Sauce 7th Shade of Valentine

    Everyone loves a well cooked dinner, and every time we want to eat something fancy we pick a restaurant  But the thing about a restaurant is that is cannot always be intimate, so what is more intimate than a nicely cooked meal for that special someone. I know I would love it if I walked in through the door and saw this

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    ogede plantain dish

    Coconut Plantain Shrimp Infusion 6th Shade of Valentines Cooking

    Plantain is a staple ingredient in the Nigerian menu and it definitely had to feature in our valentines series. The sweet flavours of the plantain and coconut infused with the savoury taste of shrimps ought to get your significant other inspired and loving you. I recommend that the men make this dish by the way.

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    ogbono

    Ogbono Soup

    I was blog trolling one saturday afternoon and came across Kitchen butterfly’s ogbono soup pictures and holy moly I could not stop thinking about Ogbono soup that day. The next day I ran to the african store and started stocking up on things I needed for this amazing dish. I was literally singing all the way

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    NIgerian beef peppersoup

    Nigerian Beef Pepper soup and Macaroni.

    I realize that this combo might be slightly intriguing but stay with me 🙂 I promise this is a good one. As a whole bunch of my friends have caught the sniffles recently I thought I’d do something to clear those airways and cheer them up. However as I choose route of the avant garde

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